The Homecoming...?!
This is my second time to go to KLPac to watch theatre. At this time, I have the opportunity to watch a play at night due to its schedule. The play is played at night on weekdays and we have no other options since we refuse to watch it on weekend. We also have chance to use the facility in UPM that is free trip to KLPac by a coaster.
I have no idea about this play and lack of prior knowledge on Harold Pinter’s work. Looking at the title suggests to me that the play is about a person who has finally goes back to his/her hometown. Guess what? My interpretation is correct…but the conflicts do surprised me. The first conflict is about a treatment of an abusive father-Max, towards his three sons; Teddy, Lenny and Joey. Regarding on the issue, Max have misuses his authority as a father and fails in raising up his sons to be a good person. They ignore him whenever he tries to communicate with him. Besides that, he himself always discourages his sons on whatever their doings. He does not support them as he supposed to as a father. He also looks down on his brother’s job – Sam is a chauffer. The second conflict is about an immoral act between a daughter-in-law – Ruth, with her both brother-in-laws. In addition, her father-in-law also craves for her…! Oh, my GOD!
I really don’t like the second part of the play where Max and Lenny have plan to use her in order to gain some money. She has to be a prostitute and at the same time, she must fulfill their sexual desire. What kind of family they are? The dialogue irritates my feelings where the male characters are looking down on women as if they have no price at all! In my opinion, Pinter must have had bitter experience with women or have had seen the similar events through out his life. Therefore, he decided to expose these issues to the public, which I think is not relevant in our context.
I’m not really enjoy watching the play due to its serious issues but I do admires the actors’ talent. To me, they have done their best and now it depends on the audience to judge their performance. Max- plays by Thor Kah Hoong has shows a confident act as an abusives father (instead of his skinny looks…oops, please don’t get mad). Loo Jia-Wei- plays the role of Ruth, is brave and an open-minded person, therefore she performs well even though she has to kiss Lenny lively due to the script. Patrick Teoh plays the role as Sam and he is the one who does not agree with the immoral act that happens in the house. His character shows various facial expressions and he succeeds.
Overall, the play has reminds me that the conflicts do exists in our society and it scares me. I hope that our society will gain self-awareness in this matter in order to be a proper society with appropriate manner.
I have no idea about this play and lack of prior knowledge on Harold Pinter’s work. Looking at the title suggests to me that the play is about a person who has finally goes back to his/her hometown. Guess what? My interpretation is correct…but the conflicts do surprised me. The first conflict is about a treatment of an abusive father-Max, towards his three sons; Teddy, Lenny and Joey. Regarding on the issue, Max have misuses his authority as a father and fails in raising up his sons to be a good person. They ignore him whenever he tries to communicate with him. Besides that, he himself always discourages his sons on whatever their doings. He does not support them as he supposed to as a father. He also looks down on his brother’s job – Sam is a chauffer. The second conflict is about an immoral act between a daughter-in-law – Ruth, with her both brother-in-laws. In addition, her father-in-law also craves for her…! Oh, my GOD!
I really don’t like the second part of the play where Max and Lenny have plan to use her in order to gain some money. She has to be a prostitute and at the same time, she must fulfill their sexual desire. What kind of family they are? The dialogue irritates my feelings where the male characters are looking down on women as if they have no price at all! In my opinion, Pinter must have had bitter experience with women or have had seen the similar events through out his life. Therefore, he decided to expose these issues to the public, which I think is not relevant in our context.
I’m not really enjoy watching the play due to its serious issues but I do admires the actors’ talent. To me, they have done their best and now it depends on the audience to judge their performance. Max- plays by Thor Kah Hoong has shows a confident act as an abusives father (instead of his skinny looks…oops, please don’t get mad). Loo Jia-Wei- plays the role of Ruth, is brave and an open-minded person, therefore she performs well even though she has to kiss Lenny lively due to the script. Patrick Teoh plays the role as Sam and he is the one who does not agree with the immoral act that happens in the house. His character shows various facial expressions and he succeeds.
Overall, the play has reminds me that the conflicts do exists in our society and it scares me. I hope that our society will gain self-awareness in this matter in order to be a proper society with appropriate manner.
posted by hani_san @ 4/03/2006 08:42:00 am
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